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Astrocorethra khukhmortica

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Taxonomy
Astrocorethra khukhmortica was named by Kalugina (1986). Its type specimen is PIN 3058/265, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Huh-Mort outrcop (254/2), which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Astrocorethra khukhmortica Kalugina pp. 119-121 fig. 92
2014Astrocorethra khukhmortica Borkent p. 481

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyCulicoidea
familyChaoboridaeEdwards 1920
subfamilyChironomapterinaeKalugina 1974
genusAstrocorethra
specieskhukhmortica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Astrocorethra khukhmortica Kalugina 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia (Gobi-Altai aimak) Astrocorethra khukhmortica (type locality: 104055)